Senior Finance Executive/ Chartered Accountant

Description

• Job Title - Senior Finance Executive / Chartered Accountant
• Reports Into - Head of Finance (UK)
• Location - Hybrid / Bangalore
  

A Little Bit About Kwalee…
Kwalee is a games publisher and developer based in Leamington Spa, UK, which boasts more than 1 billion installs on mobile platforms with games such as Teacher Simulator, Draw it, Bake It, Shootout 3D, Rocket Sky! and Line Up: Draw the Criminal. The company also publishes a growing catalogue of PC and console titles including Eternal Hope, Tens, Scathe, and Wildmender along with the upcoming titles ROBOBEAT, Space Chef, The Precinct and The Spirit of the Samurai.
Founded by games industry icon and Codemasters co-founder David Darling CBE, who is joined by a fast-growing team of global gaming experts with studios in the UK, India, Portugal and China and remote team members all over the world, Kwalee is on the lookout for high-quality games to publish on all platforms and encourages developers to get in touch.
Outside of its games, Kwalee is also highly active in the industry, as an ambassador of not-for-profit organisation Women in Games and a regular supporter of the charity SpecialEffect.
What’s In It For You?

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm
• Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best
• Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win
• Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA
• Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind
• On site gym - take care of yourself
• Relocation support - available
  
• Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Ninja Warrior
• Creative Wednesdays - come together to play games, share the latest trends and celebrate the success of teammates
  

Are You Up To The Challenge?
As Senior Finance Executive (Chartered Accountant) you will be a vital member of the finance team and help to make important financial decisions to ensure the company can grow rapidly.
Your Team Mates
Our finance team shoulders the responsibility of monitoring the financial health of the entire company. They reason with logic, are accurate with numbers, and grasp what adds or brings tangible value to the business. And they do it with great optimism and humour.
What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• Lead the accounting and bookkeeping for subsidiaries in China, France and Portugal
• Ensure the accounting and reporting carried out by the local accountants is completed accurately and in line with Group reporting
• Ensure each company adheres to Group finance and accounting policies and has robust financial controls
• Manage the cash requirements for each company and prepare/assist weekly payment runs˙
• Ensure that all tax filings/returns and payments are made in a timely manner
• Liaise with local tax advisors to ensure Kwalee is maximising tax relief
• Ensure all statutory filings are completed in a timely manner
• Preparation/review of monthly payroll
• Preparing analytical review summaries explaining the month on month movements

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• Work closely with other departments to ensure appropriate costs, budgets and processes are adhered to
  

Your Hard Skills

• At least 5 years of experience in a similar role
• Fully qualified accountant (ICAI, ACCA, ACA)
• High attention to detail
• Strong spreadsheet skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Dynamic and highly organised
• Ideally passion for games
  

Your Soft Skills
Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues.
We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.
A Little More About Kwalee
Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.
Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.
We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, Tictales, which is based in France.
We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and for the Outstanding Leadership Award at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!